School Lsd Bust Snags Mom, Son, Pals

HOLLY HILL — Three seventh-graders and the mother of one of them were arrested on drug charges Friday after a student was found with LSD in school, police said.

The three boys - two 13-year-olds and one age 14 - and a 34-year-old woman were charged with possession of LSD Friday afternoon, Detective Mark Barker said.

''There's certainly an increase in incidents involving LSD, but it's unusual to find it in school,'' Barker said.

Holly Hill Middle School officials learned there were drugs on campus early Friday afternoon. The student found with perforated paper laden with nine LSD ''hits'' said it was passed to him by another student, who got it from another.

The boys were taken from the school to the police station about 2 p.m. The student accused of bringing the LSD to school told police he spotted the drug in his freezer about three months ago and asked his mother what it was, police said.

The boy said his mother told him it was ''experiment paper'' but learned in a school drug-education program that it was LSD, police said.

''Basically out of curiosity, he brought it to school,'' Barker said.

The boy took police to his home, where they found 52 ''hits'' of LSD in the freezer.

The woman was arrested when she returned from shopping in the afternoon. Bail was set at $1,500. Her son was staying with his grandmother Friday.

The other two boys were released to their parents. The three boys were suspended from school pending an administrative hearing.